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Thanks everyone for the help with my last post entitled "at my wits end." I'm done playing guinea pig. Want to stop everything and see where I am. Defy has a protocol for stopping on their website, and the article links to a different protocol here on the forum. That confused me because they're...

Thanks for being blunt. I'm someone who is very in tune with myself, both physically and mentally. Also, since we're being blunt, my wife is a cover model who like girls... and likes to bring them home :rolleyes: I assure you that in terms of psychology and "being turned on," I'm not lacking...

Can you tell me what your new/changed protocol is for comparison?

Thanks everyone. The reason my doctor told me to increase the Cypionate was because they felt my E might be low, so adding testosterone could increase E to where it needs to be. I have only been doing the new 3x per week Cypionate protocol for 2 weeks so I'm going to give it a little longer, get...

Would love to get some opinions, but unless someone says something profound I'll likely do a complete reboot, stop everything, and see what happens. I've been on TRT for several years now and nothing has improved in terms of symptoms. I look great, I'm in better shape than ever, very healthy...

Is there any benefit/drawback to storing UNmixed HCG in the refrigerator? The box says refrigerate after mixing but I always keep mine refrigerated even when it's not mixed. Want to make sure I'm not doing any damage.

"Piqued" your interest. A peak is the top of a mountain :) Stop lifting completely for 1 month as a test. Report back. If you've been lifting for over 20 years then you know anything you "lose" after a month off will come back quickly and easily.

Doctor gave me 10mL bottle because I'll be traveling for a while and won't be able to refill the 1mL bottles I usually get with my rx. 10mL will last for several months with the amount I do. Pharmacist told me to discard the bottle after 28 days once the top is pierced. What's the thinking...

Ah sorry, I'm copying and pasting from too many different windows. Arimidex I meant to say... not Clomiphene. At this point I think testosterone is too high (for me). I feel better when it's a little lower so that's what I want to shoot for.

EDIT: Will re-post with new labs.

No but I will. I have zero experience with compounding pharmacies. Generally speaking, what is different when compared to the big name pharmacies?

Need to fill my Clomid rx and all pharmacies in FL (CVS, Walgreens, several supermarkets, Target etc.) are all on back order for the the last 30 days and they don't know when they'll have it. Do I have any other options? Are there legit online or Canadian pharmacies people have used?

They suggest 350iu HCG every day for the first 15 days. But in the below link Nelson suggests 2,500iu once every other day. That's a HUGE and unsettling difference. https://www.excelmale.com/content.php?56-How-to-Stop-Testosterone-Safely-and-Possibly-Reset-Your-Hormonal-Axis Let's say I was...

Just exploring all options. Been doing 100mg Cypionate every week for a year. If I want to stop and let my body have a full reboot, maybe to gauge natural baseline levels, what is the recommended way to do this? I have stopped cold turkey in the past and it isn't pleasant. fyi, I have HCG and...

Wow. You were doing 200mg every 3 weeks in only one injection?!? And now 75mg once per week? I was doing 100mg once per week and my high was over 1,000 and my low was below 50! What causes my swing to be so much more dramatic than yours I wonder.

I was prescribed the 10,000 unit bottle of Novarel. I'm going to mix with 10ml water and do .25ml (250 units) twice per week to start. Unless my math is wrong, that's 20 weeks worth of injections in the 10ml bottle. Will it last that long after mixing if refrigerated? 5 months seems like an...

No no I get that, I just think there was confusion with his question. Knowing how long ago I started the new protocol makes no difference. If generally speaking it takes 4-6 weeks to notice a difference, then it doesn't matter if I started the new protocol yesterday or 5 weeks ago. The answer is...

Can you tell me what dose you were doing and what it was lowered to?

When he said "initial" protocol I'm pretty sure he meant to ask how long had I been doing the first protocol.

I was doing 100mg once a week for over a year at least. SHBG was 36 on these last labs done on injection day. I see the reference is 10-50 but is 36 good enough? Estradiol was 16 with the reference saying <= 39. I don't think this was the sensitive test however.

I had been doing 100mg Cypionate once per week. I continued to feel like shit and my sex drive disappeared. I just now learned that my levels on injection day were: Total: 271 Free: 32.3 Bioavailable: 62.1 Obviously all very, very low. On the flip side, my levels 2 days after injection were...

Thanks! How much testosterone are you doing EOD?

UGH. Is it possible that if my Dr. has been looking at the wrong numbers, my estrogen is actually high enough to be causing some or all of my symptoms?

Thanks everyone. I actually made an appointment tomorrow at Defy Medical in Tampa. In the mean time I'm going to start doing 50mg Cypionate + 500mg HCG twice a week. Question... I have always injected into the glute with a 1.5" needle. Rather not do that twice a week. My shoulders are pretty...

Sorry what do you mean by "test in the trough"?

3 days after injection is when I see the 1,000 level. If I wait until the last day and do labs before injection I'm around 600. So safe to say I'm always 600-1000 with 100mg per week.

Thank you. So basically that's exactly what Nelson does in his video. Is that correct?

Originally complained of feeling blah, tired, low sex drive. Initial urologist visit found total testosterone around 300. He said, "eh... that's probably low. No way to know how low it is for YOU, but we can raise it and see how you feel." So we started with Testim (gel). I hated having sticky...

I'll try to make this short. I'm 44, 6' 210# healthy and in very good physical shape. Gym 6 days a week, my diet is better than most, don't drink or smoke. I have a rx for Testosterone Cypionate and have been injecting 100mg (.5 cc) once a week. On the 3rd or 4th day after injecting my blood...